Inside The Bills

The Bills won’t be the only team in Week 1 without one of their starting cornerbacks. Buffalo will be without the services of Leodis McKelvin for the first six weeks of the season while he recovers from an ankle injury that has landed him on Reserve/PUP. Indianapolis however, will be without starting CB Greg Toler.

Toler is dealing with a neck injury and did not practice all week. He’s listed as out along with RB Vick Ballard.

Toler’s backup D’Joun Smith isn’t healthy either. He’s questionable with a knee injury and has been limited in practice all week. If he can’t go the Colts will be down to just four healthy cornerbacks Sunday.

The Indianapolis Colts have a handful of injuries heading into Week 1 and they might wind up being a bit shorthanded at cornerback.

Heading up Thursday’s injury report for the Colts is starting LCB Greg Toler, who missed a second straight day of practice with a neck injury. If he can’t go Darius Butler is expected to start in his place.

Rookie CB D’Joun Smith has been limited in practice this week with a knee injury. Here’s the full rundown. If both Smith and Toler can’t play Sunday the Colts will be down to four cornerbacks with one coming off a concussion in Sheldon Price.

The Colts picked up Trent Cole this past offseason to bolster their pass rush, and though he’ll be good to go Sunday fellow pass rusher Robert Mathis is a bit more of a question mark.

Mathis is trying to come back from Achilles surgery at age 34 and has been targeting Week 1 for his return. He participated in practice on a limited basis Wednesday. He was activated off the team’s PUP list on Aug. 25th.

They have a total of 29 players listed on their injury report this week, although 13 are listed as having participated fully in practice Wednesday. Here’s the rundown of the non and partial participants of note.